Current Affairs and Gk -August 2013 part-1
Current Affairs and Gk -August 2013
Important current affairs and Gk questions of August month for IAS, RAS, SSC CGL, UPSC, BANK PO, UPSC,RPSC, Bank exams and all other exams.If you like the post kindly give rating.
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105. Zafar Futehally, who passed away, recently was a famous___?
[A]Ornithologist
[B]Singer
[C]Music composer
[D]Author
Ornithologist
Zafar Futehally was one of the India’s best known naturalists and ornithologists. He spearheaded the early years of the conservation movement in India, serving as link between conservationists and corporate.
106. Recently (August, 2013), India’s largest blast furnace “Durga” has started operating at which of the following steel plants?
[A]Rourkela Steel Plant
[B]Bhilai Steel Plant
[C]Durgapura Steel Plant
[D]Bhadravati Steel Plant
Rourkela Steel Plant
India’s largest blast furnace has become operational at Rourkela Steel Plant. With the start of the new state-of-the-art furnace, hot metal capacity at RSP will increase to 4.5 million tones per annum from its capacity of 2 million tones per annum. “Durga”, the largest blast furnace of the country, has built at an approximate expenditure of Rs 1,600 crore, the furnace has useful volume of 4,060 cubic meters.
107. Who among the following has won the Rogers Cup Women’s single title-2013?
[A]Serena Williams
[B]Sorana Cirstea
[C]Victoria Azarenka
[D]Maria Sharapova
Serena Williams
Serena Williams crushed Romania’s Sorana Cirstea 6-2, 6-0 in the final of the women’s Rogers cup to capture her 54th WTA singles title. It was Serena’s eighth title this year.
108. In which of the following cities, the “Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology” is located?
[A]Bangalore
[B]Mumbai
[C]Kolkata
[D]Hyderabad
Hyderabad
The Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology or CCMB is an Indian Biotechnology research establishment of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research and a designated centre of excellence for global molecular and cell biology network, UNESCO. It was set up as a semi-autonomous centre in 1977 in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.
109. In which of the following countries, world’s highest wind turbines have been installed recently?
[A]China
[B]Sweden
[C]Italy
[D]Greece
China
China has completed installing five wind turbines in Tibet at a height of about 4,900 meters above sea level, making it the highest wind farm in the World. Chinese wind energy major, Longyuan Power, plans to install 33 wind turbines on the farm, located in Naqu Prefecture in southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous region.
110. . According to the norms, minimum land requirement to set up Multi-product SEZ’s is?
[A]500 hectares
[B]750 hectares
[C]900 hectares
[D]1000 hectares
500 hectares
Government made the special economic zones attractive for the investors by notifying relaxations in the minimum area requirements and easing the exist
clause for developers. Multi-product SEZ’s minimum land requirement has been cut to 500 hectares from 1,000 hectares. Single products SEZ’s minimum land requirement has been cut to 50 hectares from 100 hectares.
111. Recently (August, 2013), Linguistic Expert Committee has recommended for classical language status to which language?
[A]Odia
[B]Gujarati
[C]Bengali
[D]Hindi
Odia
Linguistic Expert Committee, which has been constituted by the India Government to consider the demands for categorization of languages as Classical languages, has recommended Odia to be declared as a Classical language.
112. Which of the following cities is host of the BRICS Business Council 2013?
[A]New Delhi
[B]Beijing
[C]Johannesburg
[D]Durban
Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa is the venue for the BRICS Business Council 2013.
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